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The Cult of the Virgin Mary : Psychological Origins / Michael P. Carroll.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691222974
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 232.91 19
LOC classification:
  • BT645 .C34 1986
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part I. Origins Of The Mary Cult -- Part II. Marian Apparitions -- Appendix. The Sample of Fifty Apparitions Used in Chapter Six -- References -- Index
Summary: Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, Michael Carroll answers intriguing questions: What explains the many reports of Marian apparitions over the centuries? Why is Mary both "Virgin" and "Mother" simultaneously? Why has the Marian cult always been stronger in certain geographical areas than in others? The first half of the book presents a psychoanalytic explanation for the most salient facts about the Marian cult and the second addresses the question of Marian apparitions.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780691222974

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part I. Origins Of The Mary Cult -- Part II. Marian Apparitions -- Appendix. The Sample of Fifty Apparitions Used in Chapter Six -- References -- Index

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Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, Michael Carroll answers intriguing questions: What explains the many reports of Marian apparitions over the centuries? Why is Mary both "Virgin" and "Mother" simultaneously? Why has the Marian cult always been stronger in certain geographical areas than in others? The first half of the book presents a psychoanalytic explanation for the most salient facts about the Marian cult and the second addresses the question of Marian apparitions.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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